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Sun Life MFS U.S. Mid Cap Growth Fund Series A

U.S. Equity

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NAVPS
(03-18-2025)
$9.95
Change
-$0.13 (-1.29%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at January 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Sun Life MFS U.S. Mid Cap Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 15, 2021): 2.16%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -5.73% -3.16% 10.40% 0.46% 10.73% 17.08% 8.96% - - - - - - -
Benchmark -1.62% 2.05% 13.55% 1.79% 25.98% 28.01% 17.48% 17.23% 18.56% 17.15% 15.74% 15.38% 16.17% 14.61%
Category Average -2.54% -0.29% 8.98% 1.42% 18.49% 21.72% 12.57% 12.21% 14.32% 12.93% 11.60% 11.56% 12.43% 10.56%
Category Rank 1,278 / 1,338 1,249 / 1,329 694 / 1,320 941 / 1,330 1,212 / 1,294 981 / 1,212 999 / 1,140 - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.48% -4.78% 1.69% 1.28% 2.13% -1.32% 2.34% 0.98% 10.31% -3.60% 6.57% -5.73%
Benchmark 3.07% -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

10.31% (November 2024)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-13.45% (January 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - - -24.62% 16.42% 22.81%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - 4 3 3
Category Rank - - - - - - - 935/ 1,124 822/ 1,188 938/ 1,285

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.81% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-24.62% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 87.78
International Equity 7.94
Canadian Equity 3.04
Cash and Equivalents 1.23
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 23.49
Consumer Services 16.01
Financial Services 12.58
Healthcare 10.64
Industrial Goods 10.22
Other 27.06

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 92.06
Europe 7.10
Latin America 0.32
Africa and Middle East 0.30
Asia 0.23
Other -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Howmet Aerospace Inc 3.46
Spotify Technology SA 3.18
Guidewire Software Inc 2.82
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 2.48
Gartner Inc 2.24
Tyler Technologies Inc 2.22
Verisk Analytics Inc 2.17
Westinghouse Air Brake Techs Corp 2.15
HubSpot Inc 1.93
LPL Financial Holdings Inc 1.93

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Sun Life MFS U.S. Mid Cap Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 16.38% - -
Beta 1.11% - -
Alpha -0.09% - -
Rsquared 0.85% - -
Sharpe 0.37% - -
Sortino 0.70% - -
Treynor 0.05% - -
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 - -

Risk Rating

Rating 9 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 15.73% 16.38% - -
Beta 1.58% 1.11% - -
Alpha -0.26% -0.09% - -
Rsquared 0.82% 0.85% - -
Sharpe 0.46% 0.37% - -
Sortino 0.94% 0.70% - -
Treynor 0.05% 0.05% - -
Tax Efficiency 100.00% - - -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date November 15, 2021
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
SUN168

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of medium capitalization companies located in the United States.

Investment Strategy

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objectives, the sub-advisor: invests primarily in the equity securities of medium capitalization U.S. companies that the sub-advisor believes to have above-average earnings growth potential compared to other companies and, to a lesser extent, equity securities of small and large capitalization U.S. companies.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

SLGI Asset Management Inc.

  • Chhad Aul
Sub-Advisor

MFS Investment Management Canada Limited

  • Eric B. Fischman
  • Eric Braz

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

SLGI Asset Management Inc.

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

International Financial Data Services (Canada) Ltd

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.25%
Management Fee 1.85%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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